UFC® on FOX 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko Date: 7/23/16 Venue: United Center(Chicago, Illinois) Main Card (Fox®, 8pm et) Valentina Shevchenko def. Holly Holm via Decision Edson- Barboza def. Gilbert Melendez via Decision Francis Ngannou def. Bojan Mihajlovic via TKO (RD1,Strikes) Felice Herrig def. Kailin Curran via Submission (RD1,RNC) Luis Henrique …
source | UFC®.com “Regrettably, I tested positive in my post fight urine sample for UFC 188,” Melendez said. “I did not inject anything, but I am responsible and accept the consequences for the results. I will make sure I am better educated about the products I use and their implications. …
source | FoxSports.com Following a close split decision loss in his fight with Eddie Alvarez at UFC 188, Gilbert Melendez will make a quick turn around to face Al Iaquinta at UFC Fight Night in San Diego airing live on FOX Sports 1 from San Diego on July 15. UFC …
UFC® 188: Results and Bonuses Date:June 13, 2015 Venue: Mexico City Arena(Mexico City, Mexico) Main Card (PPV®, 10:00pm et) Fabricio Werdum def. Cain Velasquez via Submission (RD3,Guillotine) Eddie Alvarez def. Gilbert Melendez via Decision Kelvin Gastelum def. Nate Marquardt via TKO (RD2,Corner Stoppage) Yair Rodriguez def. Charles Rosa via Decision …
UFC® 188: Weigh-ins
UFC® 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum Date:June 13, 2015 Venue: Mexico City Arena(Mexico City, Mexico) Main Card (PPV, 10pm et) Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum Eddie Alvarez vs. Gilbert Melendez Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nate Marquardt Yair Rodriguez vs. Charles Rosa Angela Hill vs. Tecia Torres Prelims (FX®, 8pm et) Chico Camus …
source | Sports.Yahoo®.com A particularly enticing lightweight bout between former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez and former Bellator titleholder Eddie Alvarez was chief among the additional UFC 188 bouts revealed on Monday. Melendez (22-4) enters the bout coming off of a loss to current UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis at UFC …
source | MMAFighting.com “That’s what they all say, man,” Pettis told MMAFighting.com. “‘Cowboy’ (Cerrone) said the same thing. (Benson) Henderson said the same thing. So did Melendez. And we all saw how that ended up. So I mean, I respect that he has to talk, he has to convince himself …
UFC® 181: Super Slo-mo
UFC® 181: Results Date: December 6, 2014 Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center(Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card (PPV, 10:00pm et) Robbie Lawler def. Johny Hendricks via Decision Anthony Pettis def. Gilbert Melendez via Submission (Guillotine) Travis Browne def. Brendan Schaub via TKO (Punches) Todd Duffee def. Anthony Hamilton via Knockout (Punches) …
Diaz Brothers and team have a big month ahead of them December our month!! Gilbert Melendez fighting on dec 6th. I'm fighting on the 12th and Na… http://t.co/B4Z83zywO0 pic.twitter.com/5uLH9Ppzum — Yancy Medeiros (@ymedeiros) December 2, 2014
Host Peter Rosenberg asked Pettis, a renowned kicker, if the horrific leg break that Anderson Silva suffered struck fear into him. “Not really,” said Pettis. “It was kind of an amateur mistake. I mean, he kicked a check, and that’s like a basic kickboxing move. I mean, he’s probably done …
source | FoxSports®.com He doesn’t see anything Melendez does on the feet as a real danger to him, but what Pettis can do to the top ranked lightweight contender is another story entirely. “I think he’s very basic when it comes to standup,” Pettis told FOX Sports about Melendez. “He’s …
source | fox®sports.com “I went to train with the Diaz brothers,” Green revealed when speaking to FOX Sports. “It was fun, it was a great experience. It changed my life.” “It’s not many times you get to be around the guys you looked up to in fighting and get to …
UFC® 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler 2 Date: December 6, 2014 Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center(Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card(PPV, 10pm et) Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez Travis Browne vs. Brendan Schaub Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Raquel Pennington Tony Ferguson vs. Abel Trujillo Prelims(FOX® Sports 1, 8pm …
source | MMAJunkie.com “I’m completely content with Gilbert being No. 1 and me being No. 2,” Diaz said on the “You’re Welcome! with Chael Sonnen” podcast (www.podcastone/chaelsonnen). “I’m good with that, because that’s my partner. When Gil gets the belt, when Gil wins this fight and gets that belt, I …